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High-speed wings Common swift: Apus apus: Apodidae [13] 111.6 km/h 69.3 mph [3] 166 km/h 103 mph High-speed wings Eurasian hobby: Falco subbuteo: Falconidae [14] 159 km/h 99 mph Can sometimes outfly the swift as it eats them and catches them on the wing. Frigatebird: Fregata: Fregatidae [15] 153 km/h 95 mph Slow gliding/soaring high aspect ...
The common swift (Apus apus) ... Their maximum horizontal flying speed is 111.6 km/h (69.3 mph) [12] Over a lifetime they can cover millions of kilometers. [13]
Even the common swift can cruise at a maximum speed of 31 metres per second (112 km/h; 70 mph). In a single year the common swift can cover at least 200,000 km, [8] and in a lifetime, about two million kilometers. [9] The wingtip bones of swiftlets are of proportionately greater length than those of most other birds.
The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.. They are among the fastest birds in the world. They resemble swallows, to which they are not related, but have shorter tails and sickle-shaped wings.
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American black swift (Cypseloides niger) White-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi) Great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex) Genus Streptoprocne; Tepui swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi) Chestnut-collared swift (Streptoprocne rutila) White-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) Biscutate swift (Streptoprocne biscutata) White-naped swift (Streptoprocne ...
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The alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba, formerly Apus melba) is a species of swift found in Africa, southern Europe, and Asia. They breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalayas . Like common swifts , they are migratory ; the southern European population winters further south in southern Africa .